Became member of original company of the Second City improvisational troupe

Broadway debut as Honey, in original Broadway production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Screen acting debut in "The April Fools"

TV debut as regular cast member in the syndicated series, "Story Theater"

First film in seven years, "Bound for Glory"

Received Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

TV miniseries debut "The Critical List" (NBC)

Earned second Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for "Absence of Malice"

Played the mother in Bob Clark's minor masterpiece "A Christmas Story"

Co-starred in "Harry and the Hendersons"

Appeared as Nick Nolte's suicidal sister in "The Prince of Tides"

Played recurring role on CBS drama series "Middle Ages"

Cast as Robert Blake's wife in the based-on-fact TV-movie "Judgment Day: The John List Story" (CBS)

Had supporting roles in "How to Make an American Quilt" and "Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everyhting, Julie Newmar"

Played the long suffering wife of a game show host in "Magnolia"

Co-starred with Chris Kattan in Craig Chester's directing debut "Adam & Steve"